Those Who Wounded Cethern
The men and the woman who wounded Cethern, named one by one as the healer Fingin examines him.
Overview
Cethern is cut down in the attack on the Connacht camp and comes back to Cúchulainn with his wounds open. The healer Fingin examines him and asks what made each wound. Cethern and Cúchulainn name the men and the woman behind them, in the order the wounds were given. The list is a healer's examination, not a battle roll.
Names in this list
| Name | Note |
|---|---|
| Medb | Tall, fair and long-faced, with yellow hair. Cúchulainn names her as Medb of Cruachan. She is the first to wound him. |
| Illann | Fergus mac Roich's son. Gave Cethern a light wound. |
| Oil | One of Ailill's and Medb's two foster-sons. Wounded Cethern with Oichne. |
| Oichne | One of Ailill's and Medb's two foster-sons. Wounded Cethern with Oil. |
| Bun | Called Trunk. One of the king's most trusted people, with Mecon. |
| Mecon | Called Root. One of the king's most trusted people, with Bun. |
| Braen | One of Medb's great household, with Láréne. Two sons of three lights. |
| Láréne | One of Medb's great household, with Braen. Two sons of the forest king. Not Láréne mac Nois. |
| Three nephews | Three men, all alike, with a bronze chain between them. Cúchulainn says they are the three scabbards of Banba, from Cúroi mac Dáiri's people. |
| Three warriors from Iruath | Three men with war-clubs and three silver collars. Cúchulainn says they are from Iruath. |
| Scenb | One of Medb's and Ailill's three stewards. The carver. |
| Rann | One of Medb's and Ailill's three stewards. The divider. |
| Fodail | One of Medb's and Ailill's three stewards. The server. |
| Three madmen of Baiscne | Three men in black fur cloaks. Cúchulainn says they are three murderous servants of Medb. |
| Cormac the king's pillar | Wounded Cethern with Cormac mac Mael Foga. |
| Cormac mac Mael Foga | Mael Foga's son. Wounded Cethern with Cormac the king's pillar. |
| Maine Athramail | Called the fatherlike. Wounded Cethern with Maine Máthramail. |
| Maine Máthramail | Called the motherlike. Wounded Cethern with Maine Athramail. |
| Ailill | Wounded Cethern with his son, Maine Cotagaib Uli. |
| Maine Cotagaib Uli | Ailill's son. Has the likeness of all. |
They had no right to give me bad news.